担待 (擔待)
dān dài
Pinyin

Definition

担待 (擔待)
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dān dài
  1. to pardon
  2. please excuse (me)
  3. to take responsibility

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

期待
qī dài
  1. 1 to look forward to
  2. 2 to await
  3. 3 expectation
等待
děng dài
  1. 1 to wait
  2. 2 to wait for
善待
shàn dài
  1. 1 to treat well
对待
duì dài
  1. 1 to treat
  2. 2 treatment
待
dāi
  1. 1 to stay

Idioms (20)

以礼相待
yǐ lǐ xiāng dài
  1. 1 to treat sb with due respect (idiom)
以逸待劳
yǐ yì dài láo
  1. 1 to wait at one's ease for the exhausted enemy
  2. 2 to nurture one's strength and bide one's time (idiom)
严以责己宽以待人
yán yǐ zé jǐ kuān yǐ dài rén
  1. 1 to be severe with oneself and lenient with others (idiom)
坐以待毙
zuò yǐ dài bì
  1. 1 to sit and wait for death (idiom); resigned to one's fate
守株待兔
shǒu zhū dài tù
  1. 1 lit. to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom)
  2. 2 to wait idly for opportunities
  3. 3 to trust to chance rather than show initiative

Sample Sentences

我也没办法。是大老板的吩咐，说新年希望有个好的开端。我也只能照做，大家多担待担待。晚上我请客。
wǒ yě méi bànfǎ 。shì dà lǎobǎn de fēnfù ，shuō xīnnián xīwàng yǒu ge hǎo de kāiduān 。wǒ yě zhǐnéng zhào zuò ，dàjiā duō dāndài dāndài 。wǎnshang wǒ qǐngkè 。
There's nothing I can do. It's at the instruction of the big boss. He said he hoped the new year could get off to a good start - so, that's all I can do. Everyone will just have to bear with me. Tonight's on me.
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